Marble Betta Change Color

Some betta fish have what is known a marble coloration to them.

Marble betta change color.

A nippyfish reader wrote in concerned about some pretty serous color changes. If the marble genes are introduced into a line of solid colored true breeding betta fish it becomes almost impossible for the. There is a particular type of betta fish called marble betta fish. A marble betta can change from plain color to display large irregular patterns on its body.

As long as you re sure that it s not being caused by any of the problems above then don t worry. In our last article we spoke about bettas that naturally change color over time. One other reason the purdy betta fish may change colors is when they go through a sort of betta fish puberty. Spawns of either dark or light bodied solid color betta fish from marble stock will produce three different offspring colorations.

Here are some of the pictures of a marble betta fish. If you have a marble betta then you may notice that their color is changing too. In fact all the marbling effect disappeared. This a condition of a mutation called as jumping gene.

What is a marble betta color changing fish. What about marble betta color change. When the jumping gene leaves a particular location the skin pigmentation will revert to its original color. But of course when you take great care in proper feeding your betta fish may still maintain its full color.

I was expecting marble fishes to change colors but still retain its marbling but this one went further and transformed into a solid blue fish. If you picked up a particularly young betta fish that hasn t really reached maturity yet. Originally uploaded by prismaviolet. It changed from a blue white marble halfmoon betta into a halfmoon betta that is nearly solid blue.

The color change can either be momentary or permanent as the jumping gene is constantly moving around the marble betta fish body. Marble is used to.